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• Travel industry, health experts applaud U.S. decision to allow travellers with mixed doses

  The organization representing Canada's tourism industry is applauding the U.S. government's decision to allow Canadian travellers with mixed vaccine doses once the border opens in November.

  

• Victoria woman's appearance in Netflix series after experiencing addiction and homelessness inspires hope

  When Carey Oakes embraced her first guitar, she couldn’t have imagined how dynamic the soundtrack to her life would become.

  

• Victoria mother shares story of harm reduction, aims to help other parents with new book

  A Victoria mother will never forget the time she took her oldest daughter to buy heroin, so the teen could smoke it in the car next to her on the way into an emergency department, desperate to get her child into treatment.

  

• 'They are the foundation': Victoria puts local shops in the spotlight for Small Business Month

  Small businesses are a major player in B.C.’s economy, including here in the Capital Region, so this month the province is highlighting the vital role the sector plays in all of our lives.

  

• Border warning for Canadian sports fans planning to watch games in U.S.

  Canadian sports fans hoping to catch a Seattle Seahawks or Seattle Kraken game are being advised to plan their trips across the border carefully, or they could face a nasty surprise on their return to Canada.

• B.C. cannabis product recalled due to powdery mildew contamination

  A B.C.-based cannabis brand is voluntarily recalling one lot of one of its products due to contamination with powdery mildew.

• Video shows Tesla crossing busy Vancouver bridge with driver apparently asleep

  Imagine crossing a bridge in traffic and noticing that the driver next to you appears to be asleep. That's what happened to a Metro Vancouver resident as he was crossing the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to North Vancouver Thursday afternoon.

• Meteorite that crashed into B.C. woman's house could shed light on solar system's origin, physicist says

  A small, angular rock that one Canadian physicist says looks like a chunk of black cheese has the potential to help scientists understand how the early solar system formed.

• City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations

  The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who say the Ogopogo has always been part of their spiritual teachings.

• Saanichton mother waited an hour and 40 minutes to hear back from ambulance dispatch

  When she called 911 and requested an ambulance, she was told it would be a long wait. After half an hour waiting for an ambulance dispatcher to take her call, she hung up — because by the she’d already arrived at Saanich Peninsula Hospital by taxi.

• Vancouver Island adds 59 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

  The new cases were among 667 cases found across the province over the past 24 hours.

• Mount Washington holding job fair ahead of winter season

  One of Vancouver Island’s largest private employers is on the hunt for new talent and is looking to hire a significant number of new workers this weekend.

• Mandatory PCR test remains barrier for travellers as U.S. reopens borders to Canada

  On Nov. 8, the land and sea borders will open up again for Canadians wanting to visit the U.S. The question is, will anyone make the trip?

• RCMP investigating fatal pedestrian crash near Parksville, B.C.

  Police are investigating after a pedestrian died following a crash in the Mid-Island on Thursday evening.